Divorced Families: Getting rid of entitlement

10:02 PM,
Aug. 25, 2013

Written by

Trip Woodard

My parents grew up and survived the Great Depression. Hence, my generation (the one that walked 10 miles to school in blinding snow, uphill both ways) grew up in the shadow of the Great Depression. Both of these were shared as national experiences for these generations.

Today's kids have grown or are growing up under relative affluence (loosely translated, that means a relative pays for their affluence). There are also way too many children in our own immediate area who live in poverty and worry about basic things like food, but this is not seen as a national experience or portrayed as much ...